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macro db866 [arg] ; macro that allows in windows environment to make dos 866-RUS strings without pseudographic, for your language macro may be different.
 { local offset,char
   offset = $-$$
   db arg
   ;if arg eqtype ''
     repeat $-offset-$$
       load char byte from $$+offset+%-1
       if char > 7Fh
         if char >= 0F0h
           char = char - 10h
         else if char >= 0C0h
           char = char - 40h
         else
           if char = 0A0h ; NBSP
             char = 0FFh
           else if char = 0A4h ; Currency sign
             char = 0FDh
           else if char = 0A8h ; CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IO
             char = 0F0h
           else if char = 0B0h ; degree sign
             char = 0F8h
           else if char = 0B7h ; middle dot
             char = 0FAh
           else if char = 0B8h ; CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IO
             char = 0F1h
           else if char = 0B9h ; numero sign
             char = 0FCh
           else
             char = 0
           end if
         end if
         store byte char at $$+offset+%-1
       end if
     end repeat }
   ;end if }

struc db866 [args]
 { common label . word
   db866 args }

db866 'Ïðèâåò ìèð',"¤",'¨¸',"°","·","¹","english text" ; in Win1251 RUSTEXT: "Hello World",currency sign in quotes,"YOyo",degree sign in quotes, middle dot in quotes, numero sign in quotes,"english text"

a¨ = 'a' ; declare symbol with cirilic at name, 1st char is english letter - so it is valid symbol
db a¨

d¤ = 7 ; declare realy-realy uniqe symbol -it isn`t useful for end programmer, but... ...for making something that can be name clashed frequency.

db a¨ + d¤ ; using of our unusual symbols    

a¨ = 'a'
db a¨

d¤ = 7

db a¨ + d¤